Callen-Lorde

Chair, Board of Directors, the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center.

In July, 2016 I was appointed the Chair of the Board for this wonderful organization. With a legacy dating back to the days of Stonewall, Callen-Lorde is a world leader in LGBTQ+ healthcare whose mission is to provide high quality, compassionate health care to the LGBTQ+ community of New York City, regardless of ability to pay. I became the first trans-identified person to hold this position here or at any of the LGBTQ+ health centers.

Over the 50 years of its' history, Callen-Lorde has grown from a grass-roots project into one of the largest LGBTQ+ health centers in the nation providing over 100,000 visits a year. With an annual budget of $75Million, we are currently in the process of building a fourth clinical location - a 25,000 square foot facility in downtown Brooklyn expected to increase our visit capacity by 60-70%. We provide over $5Million in unreimbursed care to those with no ability to pay,

This organization dear to me personally; I have been a client there since the beginning of my own transition and still receive my healthcare there today.

Of course, my position is made phenomenally easier by the staff from - front desk to executive director - each of whom arrives every day with dedication and passion.

A warm thank you to you all.

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.